Nightwish

Biography


Nightwish is an award-winning symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland, formed in 1996 by songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen. Nightwish's current line-up has five members, but Tarja and the first bassist, Sami Vänskä, are no longer part of the group.

Anette Olzon was announced to be the replacement for former vocalist and frontwoman Tarja Turunen in 2007. She has appeared on Dark Passion Play and Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places), and performed on the two-year Dark Passion Play tour..




The band’s leader, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, composes songs that are often classified as either symphonic metal or power metal; their musical style has also been described as a symphonic metal variant, called opera metal and even in some cases called ‘epic metal’.
Nevertheless, Nightwish is considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metal genre, which encompasses similar bands such as Within Temptation, Therion, Epica, Edenbridge, Lunatica, and Visions of Atlantis.

Nightwish is Finland's most successful band with more than 5 million albums & singles sold worldwide, with 1 silver award, 23 gold awards, and 36 platinum awards.

Discography

Studio Albums
Angels Fall First (1997)
Oceanborn (1998)
Wishmaster (2000)
Century Child (2002)
Once (2004)
Dark Passion Play (2007)

Videos
"The Carpenter"
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
"Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of Eclipse)"
"Over the Hills and Far Away"
"Bless the Child"
"End of All Hope"
"Nemo"
"Wish I Had an Angel"
"Sleeping Sun"
"While Your Lips Are Still Red"
"Amaranth"
"Bye Bye Beautiful"
"The Islander"


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